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Since being diagnosed with MS a few years back, Clay Walker has asked for no one's pity, nor has he made much of an issue of it. But he has embraced life with a new zeal, and he's making sure his music reflects his can-do attitude. Walker's condition shadows the best songs on A Few Questions, but not in a morose way; rather, these tunes reflect his unbending will to live and to love to the fullest for all of his days. In the somber, string-laden title song, he opens the album with a litany of rhetorical questions aimed at God, puzzling over the bad things that happen in the world but at the same time expressing gratitude for his own prayers being heard. That generous spirit informs most of the songs here, which celebrate love in many forms: love for the particular culture in a particular place (the groove-centric rocker "Everybody Needs Love"); love for home, hearth, and good friends (the swaying, languorous honky-tonk of "This Is What Matters"); and most especially for a life partner, expressed in a brace of exhilarating love songs. "Sweet Sun Angel" finds Walker's plaintive testimonials buttressed by stinging electric guitar lines and big, booming drums; "I'm in the Mood for You" matches its lyrical urgency with some fierce southern-fried guitar boogie; and the bluesy testimonial "When She's Good She's Good" gains its ambience from some funky wah-wah guitar and a greasy, horn-driven groove. In the end, Walker's questions are good and his songs are strong, but the disc's humanity is what gives it a lasting edge. David McGee, Barnes & Noble

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